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COMBINED ARTIFIGIAL FLOWER AND PERFUME REGEPTAULE.

Patent ed Aug. 7, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER WATSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED ARTIFICIAL FLOWER AND PERFUME-RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,466, dated August7, 1888.

Application filed November 18, 1887. Serial No. 255,500. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER WATSON, of the city,county,and State ofNew York,hav e invented a new and Improved Combined Artificial Flowerand Perfume-Receptacle,of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention is an improvement in the class of artificial flowersprovided with a concealed perfume-receptacle.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, ashereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is aperspective view ofthe artificial flower, showing in dottedlines the location of the perfume-bottle; and Fig. 2 is a sectional viewthrough a flower having an elongated stem.

I provide any suitable form of perfume-bot tle, as shown at A, having ascrew-cap or stopper, B, which bottle forms the support or body for theflower-structure O, the petals a thereof being suitably arranged inrelation to each other in a manner to appear as a flower. The petals aresecured by paste, glue, or in any other suitable manner to the sides orneck, or both the sides and neck,of the bott-le,each petal being eitherseparately and directly secured to the bottle, or certain of themsecured to the bottle and the remainder thereof attached to theso-secured petals.

To the lower portion of the bottle A, and also the petals a attached toit, I apply a wrapping,b, of some flexible material,and then coat suchwrapping with adhesive substance for the purpose of retaining a layer ofcolored fiber, d, or other suitable material, which will give theappearance of moss or the furry appearance noticeable at the stemportions of many flowers.

As shown in Fig. 2, the lower portion of the petalcovered perfume-bottleis wound and embraced by a portion of awire, 6, over which thefiber-covered wrapping b is placed,the said wire being extended belowthe bottom of the bottle and prepared in suitable and proper manner tosecure the appearance of a stalk.

The flat base of the bottle A, having the wrapping I) and fiber dapplied to it, as shown in Fig. 1, makes the article self-supportingwhen placed on a table or equivalent flat surface.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. As a new article of manufacture, thecombined artificial flower and perfume-receptacle hereinbeforedescribed, the same consisting of the bottle A, having a stopper, B, thepetals a, glued to the body of said bottle, the wrapping b, securedaround the lower portion of the latter, and the moss-like fiber d,applied over such wrapping, as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the bottle A,of the wire stem e, which iswrapped around it, as shown, the petals a, and the wrapping b andmoss-like fiber d,secured around both the wire and petals, as and forthe purpose specified.

CHRISTOPHER WATSON.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLows, EDGAR TATE.

